What We’re Reading

New York Times reporters and editors are highlighting great stories from around the web. You can receive What We’re Reading by email, and let us know how you like it at wwr@nytimes.com.

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Suspicion

From The New York Times: The president’s allies in the media and elsewhere have focused their attention on the integrity of Robert Mueller’s investigation, pointing to text messages by an F.B.I. agent recently dismissed from the team. The right has had a range of reactions — from proposing that a committee be formed to “investigate the investigators” to using the scandal to discredit the entire Russia inquiry all together. The left is worried that this is all pretext for Mr. Trump to fire Mr. Mueller. In which case, one writer argues, impeachment. — Anna Dubenko, senior digital strategist

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Same Old, Same Old

From Washington City Paper: In 2009, D.C.’s alt-weekly, the Washington City Paper, published my story on a culture of sexual harassment and complicity at the Marijuana Policy Project. Now, in the midst of our national reckoning on sexual harassment, the reporter Rachel Cohen revisited the case and discovered what happens to an organization that never fully reckons with its own problems. — Amanda Hess, David Carr fellow

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Reset

From Wired: Silicon Valley’s public relations bubble has burst, and this story marvelously captures why we don’t (and shouldn’t) view start-up success stories quite the same way anymore. — Matt Apuzzo, Washington correspondent

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In the Red

From Bloomberg Businessweek: The debt collection industry is already shady, but this piece dives into exactly how shady it really is, and how millions are hounded and harassed into paying off debts they don’t owe. Instead of lining the pockets of scammers just to make them go away, one man fought back — with a vengeance, and even got the F.B.I. to notice. — Alan Henry, Smarter Living editor

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Between the Slices

From The Guardian: Britain is often laughed off for having an indistinct or boring cuisine (A French colleague once joked to me, “If you like their food, you’ll love their weather”). But while much has changed here in that respect in recent years, one thing has remained constant: the British love for the humble sandwich. This story takes us through the sandwich’s founding, its development and how it now defines modern Britain. — Prashant Rao, deputy Europe business editor

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The Struggle

From HuffPost Highline: A beautifully crafted visual guide to the financial headwinds millennials are up against and what could be done to address them. This stuck in mind: “Any attempt to recreate the economic conditions the boomers had is just sending lifeboats to a whirlpool.” — Patrick Boehler, briefings team

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In Vino, Veritas

From Vanity Fair: Who would go to such lengths to source and taste all the varieties of Trump wine? The food authority and Atlantic editor Corby Kummer, who mixes shoe-leather reporting (and tasting) with funny, smart and otherwise delicious writing. — Kim Severson, national food correspondent